How Dragon’s Full Appearance Will Change Everything

Key Takeaways

• Dragon is considered the world’s most wanted criminal due to the Revolutionary Army’s aim to disrupt the World Government.
• Dragon’s mysterious Devil Fruit power, likely a Logia or Mythical Zoan, strengthens his feared reputation.
• Likely possessing Conqueror’s Haki and hailing from the D. Clan, Dragon’s lineage suggests a much more major role in the series.

Eiichiro Oda is a master of foreshadowing. Throughout the One Piece series, he has cleverly introduced aspects that, at the time, seemed fairly straightforward, only to pay off hundreds of chapters, and even over a decade, after their first mention in the series. This foreshadowing is one of the most beloved aspects of the franchise and has also proven to be one of the greatest things in terms of world-building.

He has also done this with characters, with some being introduced fairly early on only to have a massive payoff much later in the series. However, one such person who has yet to make his move is the mysterious but beloved Monkey D. Dragon. Despite being the leader of one of the most powerful organizations in the world and the father of the protagonist, very little is known about him, but let’s see why he can change everything when he’s finally shown properly in One Piece.

The Leader Of The Revolutionary Army

The World’s Most Wanted Criminal

In a world filled with powerful pirates who are known throughout as horrible felons with the power to shake the foundations of everything, Dragon is still considered to be the world’s most wanted criminal, seen as a bigger threat to the established order than perhaps even the likes of Roger and Whitebeard. Due to this, many fans believe that Dragon’s bounty is the highest in the entire One Piece world.

The exact reason why his bounty may be higher than even Roger’s remains a mystery, though it almost certainly has to do with the creation of the Revolutionary Army itself. Although pirates also go against the established order of the World Government, they’re mostly concerned with living their lives as outcasts and doing whatever they want, regardless of the legal repercussions. The Revolutionary Army, however, outright seeks to disrupt the World Government, destroying supply lines and crippling their ways of life to free the people of the world from subjugation.

As long as humans long for freedom, he surely cannot stop these things.

This is the primary reason why Dragon is considered the world’s worst criminal, with the only thing rivaling his vision being the ongoing search for the One Piece treasure. Due to aligned interests and a common enemy, it is very likely that the Revolutionary Army could ally with the pirates, proving to be the greatest threat to the existence of the World Government.

As a former member of the Marines, Dragon saw firsthand the injustices of the World Government, due to which he decided to defect, even though his father, the legendary hero Monkey D. Garp, was a lifelong Marine. So, not only is Dragon someone who wants to bring down the ruling organization of the world, but he is also someone who used to be a member of it, which further reinforces such a high bounty for him.

User Of A Legendary Devil Fruit

Dragon Likely Has A Powerful Logia or Mythical Zoan

Dragon’s Devil Fruit, and whether or not he even has one, has been the topic of one of the series’ oldest and hottest debates. The leader of the Revolutionary Army is already thought of as secretly being one of the most powerful characters in the world, so his Devil Fruit has to be something that mirrors such strength, with prevailing theories being that he either has the Wind Logia or a Mythical Zoan that allows him to transform into some kind of Storm God.

There can be no happiness in a world where the undesirables are thrown away.

The only evidence that exists for Dragon’s Devil Fruit comes from the Loguetown arc, where his entrance onto the island was preceded by a massive storm that blew people away like they were nothing. He was completely unaffected by this and even seemed to be controlling it, since he disappeared from the island in an instant and, as many fans theorize, even controlled the bolt of lightning that destroyed the execution platform that Luffy was on, saving him in the process. Whichever fruit he ends up having, it will be an incredibly powerful one.

A Likely User Of Conqueror’s Haki

A Character With Unmatched Ambition

Of all the characters in One Piece who are theorized to have Conqueror’s Haki, none are more likely candidates than Dragon. Those who can use this power are described to be one in a million and can only use it if they have incredible ambition and aspirations to achieve something great in their lives. Dragon’s dream has always been to change the world by toppling the corrupt and oppressive rule of the World Government, which makes him the perfect candidate to have Conqueror’s Haki.

Someday, I promise you, they will all watch as I change the world!

Moreover, as the series moves on and greater threats await the heroes, it has been confirmed that Haki is the best way to get stronger to conquer the seas. Since the series is in its Final Saga and Dragon has yet to make a proper combat appearance, it would only make thematic sense to give him the ability to use the strongest kinds of Haki, since all other top tier characters in the series can do so as well. With both Garp and Luffy having this ability, it would make perfect sense for Dragon to have it too, especially since he is the only one of the 3 that fans consider to be right in his prime.

A Special Lineage

Dragon Belongs To One Of The Most Important Families

Dragon is a member of the D. Clan which, as of now, the exact importance of remains a mystery. However, those bearing this initial in their name are said to be the natural enemies of the Celestial Dragons, so Dragon’s role in the world seems destined as one of their greatest foes. Even within the D. Clan, he is from the Monkey family, with his father being the legendary hero of the Marines who rivaled Roger and his son being the reincarnation of Joyboy and Sun God Nika.

There are things that humans cannot stop; a human’s will, dream, and the change of an era.

However, a common theory among the fandom is that Dragon is originally the son of the notorious pirate Rocks D. Xebec, who was so powerful that Roger and Garp had to work together to defeat him. The evidence for this has to do with their likeness and roles as great disruptors of the world over anything else, but if this somehow ends up being true, then Dragon’s importance would skyrocket even more. This also adds another layer to why the World Government would want him out of the picture more than anyone else, since he may have inherited some of the will of One Piece’s most mysterious and terrifying character.

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